Australia and Oceania

Imagine you are sitting high on the roof of a high building with a coctail in your hand, and in front of you lies a whole city. The images in this article are showing places like that, that look stunning.

Whitehaven Beach is located along Whitsunday Island and stretches over a distance of 7 km. From tourist ports located on the mainland, visitors can access the beach through Hamilton Island, Shute Harbor and Airlie Beach.

Dent Island is located on Coral Sea in the Whitsunday Islands archipelago. The island is one of the several islands that make up Whitsunday Group. The island lies just in the immediate west of the relatively well known Hamilton Island.

Hamilton Island is one of the most popular Islands in the Whitsunday largely because of being largest inhabitable island. Located in Queensland, Australia, the island was formed just like most of Whitsunday group of islands due to the rising of sea levels that created many drowned mountains which are situated very close to Australia’s east coast.

Lindeman Island is one of the islands that make up Lindeman Group of islands in the Whitsundays, off Queensland coast in Australia. This island was technically given the name by the well known Captain Bedwell after George Sidney Lindeman, the latter’s sub- lieutenant while they were aboard HMS Virago, a Royal Navy vessel.

Long Island in Queensland, Australia is one of the Whitsunday groups of islands. The island measures about 7 km in length with the widest part being just 400 meters. Ideally, Long Island boasts of being the island that is situated closest to mainland of Australia.

Daydream Island is among the seven islands of Molle Group, which is a sub group of Whitsunday islands located in Queensland, Australia. Ideally, this island is quite small and measures just 400 m at the widest point and has a length of 1 km.

South Molle Island is one of the islands in the Whitsundays, Australia. This island is largely a resort located at the section of Whitsunday in Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. South Molle Island is well known due to the fact that it is hilly compared to other islands and has many inlets and bays that are easily accessible by the 16km walking tracks.

Hook Island is located in the archipelago of Whitsunday Islands and is actually the second largest one. Some of maps drawn previously showing Whitsunday Islands were incorrect and depicted this island as something it really isn’t.

The cities of Dunedin and Invercargill are both in Southern Island, New Zealand. Invercargill city is New Zealand’s most southerly city and regarded as service city for farms in Southland Plains.

The New Zealand’s North Island is a warm place with beautiful sceneries ranging from the active volcanic peaks though the sandy beaches to rolling farmlands. Even though it isn’t as big as South Island, the region is relatively more populous and in fact, about half of the population in New Zealand lives in North Island.

The region of Marlborough is on northeastern end of South Island, New Zealand. This region is well known for the rather high sunshine hours experienced here. The Marlborough sounds has its home here as well and it is the largest wine growing region in New Zealand.